In Beijing on the 18th of October 2016, independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen joined with new partner Chinese phone brand 8848 and company founder Du Yingying to launch a series of limited edition (180 units) of mobile phones based on the 8848 Titanium… Read More ›
The gathering of storm clouds over a typically humid October evening in Hong Kong provided a dramatic and photo-friendly backdrop to the guests of the F.P.Journe boutique, gathered at one of the best views of the city to celebrate the… Read More ›
Today we bring you something a bit different and, dare I say, worth travelling to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for – a 10ft high performance art clock by Dutch designer Maarten Baas. The latest edition of his ‘Real Time’ series, it… Read More ›
Today we have something different, a podcast I happened across the other week about a woman called Ruth Belville, who spent fifty years selling a subscription time telling (accurate to within a tenth of a second) service from the Greenwich Observatory. At… Read More ›
Readers of Horologium will already be familiar with today’s watch, which I covered at its release and subsequently, with live photos from Baselworld 2016. It is unusual for me to do three posts about a single watch but there is… Read More ›
Today we have a guest post from collector/ enthusiast @crunchylatte in which he shares his horological adventures visiting some key Tokyo watch destinations. Enjoy. DISCLAIMER: These are merely the ramblings of one watch enthusiast, and all views expressed are his… Read More ›
You may recall the announcement last year of a short film about the AHCI and featuring some of its members, retailers, and industry veterans, talking about the work of independent watchmakers both as individuals and in terms of their importance… Read More ›
This has been some tenth anniversary for MB&F, with releases such as the HMX and Melchior, but a few weeks ago a rather remarkable watch appeared, the Legacy Machine Perpetual, about which we wrote about here. This time, the ‘Friend’… Read More ›
Fast. That’s one way to describe Tudor’s worldwide growth in recent years. As discussed with Bani McSpedden of watch-next.com at the recent launch of the Fastrider Black Shield ‘Black’ held in Sydney by Gregory Jewellers, it really seems as though… Read More ›
When I saw the tweet a couple of days ago from Swatch announcing their new ‘Bellamy’ range of watches which will double as a mobile form contactless form of payment, I was intrigued. Touted by some as Swatch’s foray into… Read More ›
